EL PASO, TEXAS—
TRANE
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TRANE, Sierra Medical Center, EL PASO, TEXAS 79902 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On July 10, 2015, an employee scratched his left ring finger while placing the door back on an HVAC unit he was servicing. The finger became infected and required hospitalization.
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